Securing the future is on everyone’s mind today. We plan and save and invest in order to meet the rising expenses and future life events. But aren’t we stressing ourselves too much today to make our tomorrow better? Many would say, yes!
Financial stress is the major cause of unhappiness among adults in our country. Most of us find ourselves sticking to jobs we don’t love, just to pay the bills. What if you wake up tomorrow and don’t have to work for a living! You can play a musical instrument instead of punching numbers, or teach poor children instead of writing codes – whatever your heart pleases!
Remember how Kevin and Stacy found their calling in life, and Shawn geared up to building a financially independent future (stories in the previous editions)? They all committed to creating an additional, passive source of income! Read more

The Feast of Our Lady of Dolours is commemorated on 15th September. You may wonder as to why this day is earmarked. It should have found its place in Lenten season as Mother Mary suffered most during this period. But the Church has set aside 15th September, as this day, and we recollect the pain and suffering that Mother Mary went through in her life, after her conception of baby Jesus or rather said “yes” to the will of God.  Read more

Does God expect us to unite as per the title given above, to be motivated and to live righteously, so that:
1) Our prayers are powerful and effective
2) Experience personally the kingdom of heaven (i.e., peace, joy —) here and now and Eternal Blissful life hereafter.
3) Members of the family, Society, our state of Goa, our country India and
finally the whole world stand to gain. Few quotes from the Bible are:
a) The prayer of the Righteous is powerful and effective. James 5:16.
b) Prayers of a Righteous person God listens. 1 Peter 3: 12.
c) The way of the Righteous is level; Just One, You make smooth, the path of the righteous. Isaiah 26: 7.Also, please refer, Amos 5: 24.
Let us examine the Instruction given by St. James (5: 16) Read more

Diabetes Mellitus comprises of a group of metabolic disorders that share the common feature of hyperglycemia (increased sugar level in blood) Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is currently classified on the basis of the pathogenic process that leads to hyperglycemia. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is characterized by insulin deficiency and a tendency to develop ketosis (which includes nausea, vomiting, polyuria, thirst, abdominal pain, altered mental functions or frank coma.), whereas Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2DM) is a group of disorders characterized by variable degrees of insulin resistance, impaired insulin secretion and excessive production of glucose in liver. Type I Diabetes Mellitus (Type 1DM) results from autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells which produce insulin. It is also known as juvenile- onset diabetes because of its peak prevalence in children and adolescents. Read more

“One cannot forget mother and remember God. One cannot remember mother and forget God. WHY? Because these two sacred persons, GOD and MOTHER, partners in creation, love, sacrifice and services are as one.” – Thomas S. Monson
For women, the greatest gift and blessing in life is being a ‘Mother’. It is a great responsibility, a challenge she accepts. Carrying a child in her womb for nine months is a beautiful experience with moments of joy and pain. Only mothers are fortunate enough to cherish these moments. Read more

Kusveant ti tuka svikarta,
Aple vengent tuka khelloita,
Tichem Kalliz tujea kallzak,
Toddunk zaina tosli ghantt zoddta.

Tujea sukant ti uddnam marta,
Tujea dhukant dhukam gholloita,
Bhuzvonnechem kalliz ugoddta,
Vengent gheun porot tuka hansoita.
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“Punorjivontponn ani Jivit Hanvuch. Jim konn Mhojer bhavarth dovortat, tim melim-i zalear jivim astolim ani jim konn jivim asat ani Mhojer bhavarth dovortat tim sasnnak morchim nant.”

Ju 11:25-26.

Dev aple podven ho sonvsar ani tantunt asa titlem rochta ani hem sogllem Devak borem dista. Dev mon’xak aplea sarkeacho rochun hem sogllem tachea hatant dita. Rochnecho samball korunk Dev mon’xeak ulo dita. Punn monis apleponnan bhorun Devache nem-kaide moddta ani patkacho gulam zata. Torui patkant aslolea mon’xeank Dev soddinam. Mon’xachi soddvonn korunk Dev apli yevzonn toyar korta ani apunnuch monis zaunk yevjita. Apunn Dev zaun-ui amche sarko zaunk to yevjita. Read more

Every month of the year has as important event that makes that month special for us. We call it a “Feast” – a celebration of a happy occasion. The month of August always brings to mind the Assumption of our Blessed Virgin Mary on the 15^th, and the Queenship of the B.V.M on the 22^nd.

When pondering on the Queenship of Mary, I find that the reference to Mary in the Gospels is not very much. When she was called to be the Mother of God, she said “Let it be done to me…” in the simplicity of her prayer room – no pomp and grandeur. Her YES was the result of her prayerful upbringing and study of the scriptures, is what comes to me. Read more

It was the night of August 1947. As the drums rolled and conches blew the midnight hour, India moved from foreign rule to independence. In the flush of freedom, our leaders spoke a new tongue, they breathed a new spirit into the dry bones of a buried nation.

Looking at India today, we are tempted to become pessimistic, we are disenchanted and disillusioned by what we see all round us. And so the question -Are we independent? Read more